Singapore: Day 2 | Singapour: Jour 2

Hello again world! Bonjour de nouveau!

What an exciting day this has been! Absolutely incredible the amount of knowledge I’ve packed into my brain today. I registered this morning, and went straight into the Youth Pre-Conference where I met people from around the world. Just in my group there were people from the USA, Chile, Ecuador, Kenya, Argentina and Albania! We heard all about the tobacco control movements happenings around the world, and I was able to share some of the successes we’ve been having here in Canada. Since I don’t want to write a book, I’m just going to list off a few things that I thought were interesting:

There’s a group in Singapore running a number of campaigns under the slogan “I don’t, I won’t”. They’ve been very innovative in their ideas, including hosting a flash mob competition. Their Facebook page can be found here.
Il y a une groupe à Singapour qui font plusieurs activités avec le slogan anglophone “I don’t, I won’t”. Vous pouvez trouver leur page sur Facebook ici.

Did you know that in India it is considered the norm to see children as young as 2 or 3 to pick up the consumption of tobacco?! In more positive news, India has recently seen the ban of Shisha/water-pipe in the city of Mumbai.
Le saviez-vous? En Inde c’est considéré normal qu’un enfant de 2 ou 3 ans commence à consumer des produits de tabac!! D’un ton plus positif, l’on vient juste de passer une loi qui interdit le fumage de Shisha dans la ville de Mumbai!